Re: My JRT goes nuts over the vaccum

In Reply to: My JRT goes nuts over the vaccum
Posted by:  Kate
Posted on:  June 22, 2001 at 21:40:23

: Help!

: My JRT is about 7 months old now and he's a great little dog. He really only does one bad thing; he constantly chases the vaccum cleaner. Whenever anyone is vaccuming, he barks constantly and follows the end of it with his nose. If he sees the vaccum, even if it's not on, he will sit beside it and bark at it for a very very long time. When we try to hide it from him, he searches around the house until he finds it.

: Is there anything that we can do to stop this? I would really appreciate any suggestions.

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Hi, Kate,

Obedience classes would certainly help you get more control over your dog. My Gritty literally tries to KILL the vacuum, but when I can gain my composure (and stop laughing my fool head off about it) I can tell him "NO" and he'll back off and retire to another room until I'm done vacuuming. Obedience work helped me get to that point.